Synopsis:
Justine Jones, unfulfilled in her life, commits suicide by slashing
her wrists. Jones ends up at a way station before Heaven and Hell.
Since Jones committed suicide, she has to go to Hell. She is allowed
to return to Earth for some carnal fun, after some tutelage, before her
eternal punishment begins.

Video/Audio:
The available audio track on The Devil in Miss Jones is a 2.0 English
Mono track. The quality of the track is exactly what can be expected
from an adult film from the early seventies. There is a very small
dynamic range and it sounds very flat. The music never interferes
at any time with the spoken dialog. There are no other language tracks
and no subtitle options are available.

The Devil in Miss Jones is presented in the widescreen ratio of 1.37:1,
which appears to be the original aspect ratio for the film. The opening
to the film and the beginning credits to the film is actually framed at 1.33:1.
At the end of the beginning credits, the film changes tracks and the print
opens up to the 1.37:1 aspect ratio that the rest of the film is in.
I'm not sure why VCX designed the disc this way and used the pan and scan
print for the opening and then the widescreen print for the rest of the
film. Viewers with a standard consumer grade television will probably
never notice that the film is in widescreen since the average consumer grade
television, due to overscan, only shows a picture of 1.37:1. This
print of the film is in relatively good shape, especially for its age.
The color levels are good and although there are artifacts the print is relatively
clean. This is probably the best transfer of The Devil and Miss Jones
that we are ever going to get.

Special Features:
As with the other VCX discs I have seen, this one has almost no special
features. First up is the Photo Gallery, which contains 19
still photos from the film on a track. The photos fade in and then
disappear as soon as they have finished fading in, which makes this feature
virtually useless. Web Site contains an advert for the VCX
Internet presence. Coming Soon has a screen, no preview mind
you, for Taboo.
There is nothing present here that was even worth mentioning.

Navigation:
There are five chapters available for The Devil in Miss Jones from
the main menu, which provides the ability to navigate through the film.
There is no time code for the film, so time searching is not an option.

Review:
The Devil in Miss Jones is the first disc released by VCX and does it
show. The movie, which is only 67 minutes long, spans over four tracks
resulting in a pause as the player shifts tracks each time. This
also means that you can't reverse over the tracks either. Unfortunately
this trend of theirs would continue over the next several discs they released
as well.

The Devil and Miss Jones is a classic film from the golden age of adult
entertainment that any connoisseur of adult entertainment should have seen
by now. If for no other reason than just for the historical value
alone of the film.

The story line is very well done with an in depth story that is important
to follow to get the most enjoyment out of the film. This is one of
the most dark and gritty adult films that I have ever seen. From the
graphic suicide at the beginning of the film to the dark and sinister ending
that must be seen to be believed, The Devil and Miss Jones never pretends
to be a lighthearted happy adult film. This film also contains the
best ending I think I have ever seen for an adult film.

The cast, unfortunately, is a far cry looks wise to what you get today
in your average adult film. No one is great to look at, however, each
member of the cast does a great job of acting their parts, something rarely
seen these days. The cast is also often much hairier then the women
in today's porn, which might turn people off.

The sex in this film is very well done and it isn't just thrown in arbitrarily,
it fits the story. It also is far nastier than one might expect from
the time period it was made with scenes that include oral, vaginal and anal
sex with anal fingering, DP, fruit and one hell of a weird ass scene with
a snake. One thing that people might not like about the sex scenes
is they are much shorter than the average scene today and each one doesn't
contain full intercourse, only some do, others are just teasers.

The music for the film is mostly piano with one original song and was
made for the film. It doesn't have the same feel as the majority
of the music in today's films. The music sets the mood for the scenes
and was so well done that you can even buy the soundtrack CD at Amazon.

The Money Shot:
I heartily recommend The Devil in Miss Jones to all that enjoy porn
with a plot that like, or aren't bothered by, nastier sex and aren't bothered
by dark movies. The transfer is probably the best we'll ever get.
If you don't like a plot, nasty sex or darker theme movies, this is definitely
one for you to skip.

Originally written
on April 19, 2002. Revised on February 2, 2003 to
fix the video error, fix the MSRP, add a link and update to the current format.
No ratings and nothing else about the review has been altered.

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